To improve maritime container security.

1. Adds SEC. __. MARITIME CONTAINER SECURITY wherever appropriate

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   Inserted: SEC. __. MARITIME CONTAINER SECURITY.

   Inserted: (a) Maritime Container Inspections.--

   Inserted: (1) In general.--Beginning on the date on which regulations are issued under subsection (d), a maritime cargo container may not be shipped to the United States from any port participating in the Container Security Initiative (CSI) unless--

   Inserted: (A) the container has passed through a radiation detection device;

   Inserted: (B) the container has been scanned using gamma-ray, x-ray, or another internal imaging system;

   Inserted: (C) the container has been tagged and catalogued using an on-container label, radio frequency identification, or global positioning system tracking device; and

   Inserted: (D) the images created by the scans required under subparagraph (B) have been reviewed and approved by the Office of Container Evaluation and Enforcement established under subsection (b).

   Inserted: (2) Model.--

   Inserted: (A) In general.--Except as provided under subparagraph (B), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall model the inspection system described in paragraph (1) after the Integrated Container Inspection System established at the Port of Hong Kong.

   Inserted: (B) New technology.--The Secretary is not required to use the same companies or specific technologies installed at the Port of Hong Kong if a more advanced technology is available.

   Inserted: (b) Container Evaluation and Enforcement Unit.--

   Inserted: (1) Establishment.--There is established, within Bureau of Customs and Border Protection of the Department of Homeland Security, the Office of Container Evaluation and Enforcement, which shall receive and process images of maritime cargo containers received from CSI ports.

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   Inserted: (2) Authorization of appropriations.--There are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended, to hire and train customs inspectors to carry out the responsibilities described in paragraph (1). The amount provided under this heading is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006.

   Inserted: (c) Port Security Summit.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall convene a port security summit with representatives from the major international shipping companies to address--

   Inserted: (1) gaps in port security; and

   Inserted: (2) the means to implement the provisions of this section.

   Inserted: (d) Rulemaking.--

   Inserted: (1) Draft regulations.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit, to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives, draft regulations to carry out subsection (a) and a detailed plan to implement such regulations.

   Inserted: (2) Final regulations.--Not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall issue final regulations to carry out subsection (a).

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